Third RENEXPO gathers main players in green economy, energy
Serbia will start building plants for 480 MW of wind power by the end of the year and connect them to the grid by the beginning of 2019, energy minister Aleksandar Antić stated at the opening ceremony of RENEXPO Western Balkans on April 20. The country has adjusted its laws and regulations for investing in […]
Overhaul underway for two large hydropower plants
State-controlled electricity producer Hidroelectrica SA asked its shareholders for approval to start refurbishing the power plant at Mărişelu in Cluj county. Romania’s largest power producer earlier also announced the tender for the refurbishing of the Vidraru power plant. The latter investment is estimated at EUR 80 million, said Remus Borza, the company’s judicial administrator, according […]
Iberdrola orders Gamesa’s wind power software upgrade
After developing the Energy Thrust software, which boosts turbine efficiency, Spanish-based Gamesa Corporación Tecnológica reached an agreement with public utility Iberdrola to install it in 54 wind farms in Spain, Portugal, Italy, Hungary, Romania, Greece and Cyprus with aggregate capacity of 1.6 GW. “This contract reinforces our work as technology experts and value-added operations and […]
HPP Piva delivers 30 TWh over 40 years
Hydropower plant Piva started working on March 28, 1976. During four decades it generated and delivered to the system more than 30 billion kWh of electricity, state-owned utility Electric Power Company of Montenegro (EPCG) announced. Having three identical units with total capacity of 342 MW and a 42 kilometres long reservoir with a capacity of […]
Juwi from Germany hired for 18.6 MW in solar projects
Koyuncu Group selected Juwi Group to develop 18 of its unlicenced projects in Turkey. After having installed a 7.4 MW solar power plant last year in the city of Denizli, about 200 kilometers northwest of Antalya, in the country’s southwest, the company is now about to construct 18 DC solar parks with a total installed […]
Nordex obtains turbine orders for more than 40 MW
In the first quarter of 2016, Nordex SE was selected for three projects with a total of more than 40 MW in Turkey. These projects, for 18 turbines altogether, are located in different regions of the country and cover wind classes IEC 1 to 3. The largest of the projects is the Karacabey wind farm […]
Croatia’s Ivicom gets concession for 40 MW wind park
Ivicom Consulting, headquartered in Zagreb, obtained a concession for the construction of a wind park with a capacity of up to 40 MW in Una-Sana Canton in Bosnia, SeeNews reported. The project’s total cost is BAM 50 million (EUR 25.56 million), according to the canton’s economy minister Vid Šantić. The power plant will be located […]
Sisak-Moslavina County plans photovoltaic plant
High electricity costs brought about an initiative in a regional authority to invest in a solar power facility to cover the needs of its 200 buildings